Angela Athena Pippos (born 29 December 1969[citation needed]), is an Australian journalist, television/radio presenter, author, MC and public speaker, of Greek heritage.
Angela Pippos | |
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| Born | Angela Athena Pippos 29 December 1969 Adelaide, South Australia |
Biography
editPippos completed an Honours degree in Politics at the University of Adelaide and began her career as a researcher and reporter with ABC Television in her hometown of Adelaide.[citation needed] After three years, she was lured across to ABC television news in Melbourne in 1997, even though the sports reporting position did not fit in with her plans of becoming a political journalist.[citation needed] Within a few months she was presenting the sports segment at the ABC News Victoria desk on weekends and then was promoted to weeknights alongside Ian Henderson. She has also been a guest presenter on ABC Radio Melbourne, as well as a columnist and feature writer for the AFL Website and the Sunday Age.[citation needed]
In October 2007, after nearly 14 years, Pippos resigned from the ABC.[citation needed]
Pippos is the author of The Goddess Advantage – One Year in the Life of a Football Worshipper—her diary of the 2005 AFL season from her perspective as an Adelaide Crows supporter—which was published in 2006 by Text Publishing.[1] Her second book, Breaking the Mould – Taking a Hammer to Sexism in Sport was published in February 2017 by Affirm Press.[2]
Pippos was asked by the Australian Labor Party to stand for the Victorian seat of Williamstown, vacated by former Premier Steve Bracks in 2007, but she turned it down.[3]
In 2021, Pippos nominated her friend Zoe Daniel to run as a community independent candidate for the Division of Goldstein through the Voices of Goldstein.[4][5] Following Daniel's success at the 2022 Australian federal election Pippos joined Daniel's staff as a political advisor alongside Jim Middleton.
Radio work
editFor just over two years, in 2008 and 2009, Pippos co-hosted the Sport 927 radio breakfast program with 1990 AFL premiership player Michael Christian.[3] It was the first time Sport 927 had had a male and female breakfast partnership on the radio station.
Since 2010, Pippos has had a weekly (Thursday) spot called The Pippos Report on Denis Walter's 3AW radio program, as a social commentator.[6]
Personal life
editOn 28 January 2013, Pippos gave birth to a boy. He is the first child for Pippos and her partner Simon.
In 2011 Pippos, a well-known supporter of the club, was made an Ambassador of the Adelaide Football Club.[7]
Community work
editPippos is a Patron of the National Jockeys Trust which provides financial support to jockeys and their families in the event of serious injury, illness or death.[8]
Pippos has been an ambassador for Responsible Gambling Awareness Week for a number of years.[9]
Bibliography
edit- 2006: The Goddess Advantage – One Year in the Life of a Football Worshipper (ISBN 9781921145155)
- 2017: Breaking the Mould – Taking a Hammer to Sexism in Sport (ISBN 9781925344585)
References
edit- ^ The Goddess Advantage: One Year in the Life of a Football Worshipper. The Age 6 May 2006 | Retrieved 29 March 2013
- ^ Dempsey, Dianne (16 March 2017). "Breaking the Mould review: Taking a hammer to sexism in sport". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- ^ a b Angela Pippos reveals turmoil of ABC and ALP. Herald Sun 12 December 2007 | Retrieved 28 March 2013
- ^ Networks and money: the inside story of how the teals won Australia’s six richest electorates | Retrieved 23 October 2023
- ^ Zoe Daniel First Speech | Retrieved 23 October 2023
- ^ 3AW Afternoon's with Denis Walter | Retrieved 28 March 2013 Archived 26 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Crows Ambassadors | Retrieved 28 March 2013 Archived 20 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Australian Jockeys Association | Retrieved 28 March 2013
- ^ ambassadors gamble aware | Retrieved 29 March 2013
External links
edit- Angela Pippos Official Website
- Pippos, Angela (1969–) at The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia